THIS WEEK:

News:

Butcher Gallery officially moved today, their new address is on the website. There goes one of the few reasons I biked to the East end, welcome to the ‘hood Butcher : )

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Openings:

Miami beach is all the hype this week as the most anticipated selection of works from galleries across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa assemble at Art Basel from Dec 2-5;  full catalog of the week-long event available here.

“Toronto now: Laurel Woodcock”, a selection of text-based work by the artist are installed at Young Gallery @ the AGO from Dec 4 – Jan 30, 2011. Reception Dec 4, 3:00-5:00pm, with artist in attendance.

The Second Life project RMB City by Cao Fei (SL name: China Tracy) started a virtual residency program called “Residency in RMB City”, the exhibitions runs from Dec 4 – Jan 14, 2011 @  Gendai Gallery; Reception Dec 4, 2-5pm.

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Screenings:

Last two screenings of the year for Pleasure Dome are on at CineCycle Dec 4, 8pm.
“Home 2″ (2007, 30 min) by New York based artist Olaf Breuning, and “Blondes in the Jungle” (2009, 48min) by Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn.

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Talks/Interviews:

“The Anthology of Rap”
Editor Andrew DuBois in conversation at Munk School of Global Affairs @ UofT.Dec 3, 1:00-4:00pm.

Rhizome interview with Toronto “new media artist” (do people still use this term?) Jeremy Bailey; definitely worth checking out.

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THIS WEEK:

Montreal based artist Massimo Guerrera’s solo exhibition “The Reunion of the Practices”, at Clint Roenisch. November 24-January 15, 2011
Reception: November 25,7pm.

Melanie Authier’s solo exhibition “The Ribbon and the Lightning Rod”, at Georgia Scherman Projects. November 25-December 22.

Reception: November 25, 6pm.

“Oath of the Homunculi”, a group exhibition featuring Robert Hengeveld, Rafaël Rozendaal, Paul Slocum, and Soft Turns, at InterAccess. Novemober 27-January 22, 2011
Reception: November 26, 7pm.

See you there!

Workshop: Thursday, November 18th, 2010 12pm - 2pm Application Deadline: December 1st 2010 4pm Granting Period: January 12th 2011 - April 15th 2011

Every year the OCAD Student Union solicits grant proposals from OCAD Students. Our Grant Committee reviews all submissions and decides how to allocate funding. In the past, we have funded things such as group exhibitions, student publications and Student Group activities As always, the OCAD Student Union is providing a workshop for students to learn effective grant writing tips from external guest speakers. Each of our speakers are from an interesting background within the arts and design, and hold a breadth of knowledge for students to consider while writing a grant proposal.

Speaker Bios:

TODD TREMEER-

Todd Tremeer is a painter and printmaker living in Bowmanville Ontario. He is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art & Design and through the college, spent one year studying painting in Florence, Italy. Tremeer has an undergraduate degree from the University of Guelph, where he studied history and art, also an education degree through the University of Brock. After several years of teaching in the arts and art making, Tremeer sought and attained his Master’s of Fine Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario. Tremeer has taught drawing and art history at Sheridan College Institute, drawing at the University of Western Ontario and in various public schools and art centres in London and across Durham region. Recent projects include curating After Pictures: Chris Down, Jane Eccles, Olexander Wlasenko (Visual Arts Centre, Bowmanville) and reopening and running Whitby Station Gallery’s print studio. Tremeer has exhibitions of his paintings confirmed or recently completed across Canada.

DEREK LIDDINGTON-

Derek Liddington holds an MFA from the University of Western Ontario and BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Liddington fell in love with pop art while watching David Bowie play Andy Warhol in the film Basquiat. Later, when discussing this with a friend, Liddington was informed that he was, in fact a “pomo”. As a result of this conversation he went out and bought the David Bowie album Hunky Dory. Liddington’s work has been widely exhibited at venues such as Cambridge Galleries, Clark andFaria, Art Metropole and Nuit Blanche. He has received project support from the Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council and the London Community Foundation. The event is being held in the student lounge, and so there is NO NEED to book a space for yourself. It will be a fairly informal seating arrangement.

Please bring with you your proposal for some feedback if you have already begun writing one. Grant Packages are available in the Student Union Office: 51 McCaul Street, 10 AM- 4 PM, and will also be available the day of the workshop.

Workshop: Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 12pm – 2pm

Application Deadline: Wednesday, December 1st, 2010 4pm

Granting Period: January 12th 2011 – April 15th 2011

(Note: retroactive projects are NOT considered)
If you have any questions, please contact: operationsandfinance@ocadsu.org

Ph: 416-977-6000 ext 24

or check out the facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=100732766667281

CADMIUM IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY ISSUE!!

The new issue of Cadmium is out now so make sure you pick up a copy on campus!

We are currently accepting submissions for our holiday issue, so please e-mail us your
written or artwork by DECEMBER 1ST, 2010.
Share with us anything that relates to the holidays from celebrations, stories, or
events happening during the month of December.

As we are transitioning to make Cadmium more content heavy this year, we encourage
submissions of the following:

- Articles relating to the holiday season (eg. Tips for gifts, shopping, events
happening in December, stories about your holiday
experiences)

- Reviews of recent gallery shows, films, albums, books

- Interviews with anyone related to the art community

- Opinions on the school and art community

- Holiday recipes, DIY gift ideas, comic strips etc.

We also accept digital, scanned or photographs of art depicting any media
with a holiday theme.

Send your submissions or any questions to publication@ocadsu.org

We look forward to your submissions!
Michelle Lin
Publications Editor

A cup of coffee in one hand and a cigarette in the other, outfitted in his usual getup – a Gucci sweatshirt, Air Force 1s, and a baseball cap, spotting Derek Mainella on WQW isn’t hard during the day; and at night you can probably catch him throwing down electro, 80s&90s, acid, and hip hop tracks somewhere in the city at an art opening or a great party.

I hung out with Derek to discuss his latest curatorial project Bitch Slap, which opens at Thrush Holmes Empire later this week. The exhibition features twenty-eight female artists from Toronto and abroad, and runs for one weekend only from November 19^th – 21^st.

So you’ve assembled a battalion of women artists primarily living and working in Toronto, and a few from south of the border; could you speak a little bit about your curatorial vision for Bitch Slap?

Someone suggested the other day that there is no real sort of angle, that it’s not necessarily a gender show per se. Someone suggested that it’s more like a feeling, and it is sort of like that in a sense. A lot of my favorite international artists are women, and among them is Katherine Bernhardt, who is in this show. I thought it would be interesting to combine all these female artists and it’s more of an experiment than anything else.

Considering the sheer number of artists involved, and the diversity of subject matter explored among them, aside form all of them being females what else does this lineup of artists function as a survey of?

I feel that it is a good survey of female Canadian artists, quite simply. There are a few Americans thrown in but two of them are Canadian originally. There are emerging artists, there are established artists and everything in between, so I like to sort of mix those things together.

Is this a comprehensive survey of female Canadian artists?

No, I wouldn’t say that. It’s coming from a certain aesthetic; there are certain things I like and that is the reason why I started doing these shows, to sort of see shows that I would like to see in Toronto, where you don’t get to see a lot of things. So it’s still coming from my taste and aesthetic, but with the art that these people make. (more…)

**re-blogged form Akimbo**

The Artist Project is proud to support emerging artists through the UNTAPPED Emerging Artist Exhibition!

The Artist Project Toronto is seeking applications from contemporary emerging artists for its fourth annual juried exhibition and sale.  The UNTAPPED competition will award 18 emerging artists with a free space at The Artist Project 2011 show.  This is an excellent opportunity to participate in a professional-level art fair, enjoy all the perks of exhibiting artists, and showcase your work to gallerists, collectors and art enthusiasts at absolutely no cost!

THE ARTIST PROJECT: CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS!

“The 3D World Lounge created by SONY” at The Artist Project!

The Artist Project Toronto is seeking applications from emerging photographers who are interested in working in 3D photography.  The UNTAPPED competition will award 5 emerging photographers with a free space to display and sell their current work at The Artist Project 2011 show AND will be given a SONY Alpha Digital SLR camera for a 6-week period to shoot images using the newest 3D technology!  These images will be unveiled on 3D screens at The Artist Project in a special exhibit, “The 3D World Lounge created by SONY.”

Event Details: March 3-6, 2011 @ Toronto’s Queen Elizabeth Building, Exhibition Place

Application Deadline:  January 10, 2011
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For more information please visit Akimbo

Where: DoubleDouble Land (209 Augusta Ave. down the alley, first double door on your right, above La Rosa Bakery in Kensington Market, Toronto)
When: November 16th 2010 doors are at 7PM Cost: $6 at the door (seating is limited, please arrive early)

This fall, Primary Colors Presents invites you to come and experience all that is WHAM CITY for their first ever comedy tour! Coming all the way for Baltimore Maryland and after a row of successful comedy shows, WHAM CITY is excited to come back to Toronto and bring with them all the greatness from their theatre nights during the WHAM CITY retrospective at The DeLeon White Gallery in 2009. Along with WHAM CITY will be Toronto residents: Life of a Craphead and Jamie Shannon! Please come and show these wonderful artists some support at Double Double Land in Kensington Market Toronto!

MORE INFO: Wham City is a group of independent artists linked by the bonds of friendship. They join forces to collaborate, they disperse to collaborate with others, and some only collaborate with themselves. The structure/non-structure of the group is in a constant state of flux. They have no set group aesthetic, focus, or member roster. Their work as individuals represents them alone and does not necessarily reflect the group or other members. Wham City makes art shows, theater performances, music shows, festivals, books, computer networks, fashion shows, email lists, etc. They also include members and non-members. Their goal is to create and support an artistic community while honoring our individual voices and to write emails.

Some words from the Artists: It was an idea that a few of us had simultaneously, we ran over to each other and pretty much said the same thing at the same time. We were so excited we knew it was going to happen. Ben O’Brien (Wham City member and co-creator of Showbeast) Comedy has always been a big part of the work that we make and they way we interact with each other. A lot of us over the years have been working on our own solo acts, stand up, performance art, plays, etc, so we decided to put it all together into a one ultimate comedy night combined with some original never-before-seen group sketches. It comes out to be a nice mixture of different styles, like a creepy salad. Ben O’Brien (Wham City member and co-creator of Showbeast)
For more information on WHAM CITY please go here: http://www.whamcity.com/

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Come FEAST with us!
FEAST (Funding Emerging Arts with Sustainable Tactics) is starting up in Toronto.
A sliding scale dinner and funding event, FEAST invites artists, designers and groups to
propose projects that will positively affect their community. At each FEAST participants
pay a sliding-scale entrance fee, for which they will receive dinner and a ballot. Diners
will vote on a variety of proposed projects. At the end of the dinner, the individual or
group whose proposal receives the most number of votes will be awarded funds,
collected through the entrance fees, to produce their project. The individual or group
will be invited back to the next FEAST to present their completed project.
We are looking for proposals for Toronto’s first ever FEAST event, taking place on
Sunday, January 16, 2011 at XPACE Cultural Centre. The concept behind FEAST is to
offer an alternative method for support for artists and designers that are unlikely to
receive funding from mainstream funding sources or other/alternative sources. Using
this criterion, the organizers will select approximately 12 projects to be presented at
FEAST.
FEAST proposals should include:
(1) A Project Summary, and the answers to the following questions:
(2) How will you use funding to realize your project?
(3) Why is this project important to the FEAST community?
(4) How will you share your project at the next FEAST?
Each project presents a 5-7 minute presentation to the gathered dinner guests over
dinner, and then everyone gets a chance to vote on which projects they would like to
fund. The money raised from the dinner (of approximately $600) will go to fund the
project with the most votes. We will also have a dedicated student grant of $300.00.
Each section of the proposal (1-4) should be no longer than 100 words. Remember
these will be short presentations, so keep it brief and to the point! In order to be
considered for FEAST funding, you must be able to attend the dinner event. This event
is a bare bones event and is run with the idea that if we band together as a community
we can support projects for that community. The grant is directly funded from ticket
sales, so everyone involved in the event (including presenters and organizers)
contributes by purchasing a dinner ticket. Please indicate clearly on your proposal if you
are applying for the FEAST grant or the XPACE-funded student grant.
* Proposals are due by Monday, December 13, 2010
* Email your complete proposals (and/or any inquires) to Amber Landgraff and
Deborah Wang at: feast.toronto@gmail.com
This event is generously co-presented by XPACE Cultural Centre, and sponsored by A
Space Gallery.

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Dear Friends of Arts and Culture,
For nearly 40 years, Fuse Magazine has been a diverse community of visual and performing artists, educators, community workers, writers, activists, organizers, policy makers, social thinkers, curators and many others. And yet this essential and unique cultural voice is at a CROSSROADS.
Fuse has run into a financial crisis that we can’t solve by shaving back our budgets or recruiting volunteers. Anyone who works in the cultural sector knows how increasingly vulnerable we have all become. Along with the closure of public swimming pools, libraries and youth centres, the defunding of essential cultural organizations and alternative publications regardless of their value to the community is the result of a political climate shifting further away from the social good.
The not-for-profit magazine community is declining as the commercial publishing model continues to dominate. Magazines operating outside of the mainstream industry, like Fuse, were further challenged  this year by a 100% funding cut from Heritage Canada. The hit was both unexpected and impossible to fiscally absorb, and is being felt across small magazine publishing.
In 2011, Fuse will celebrate our 40th anniversary. In order to address our financial crisis we are launching our 40 For 40 campaign. Our goal is to raise $10,000 by December 1st and an additional $30,000 by March 31st to keep the doors of the magazine open. With your help we will be successful in raising this $40,000 for 40 years of publishing one of the foremost publications on Canadian and international art, culture and politics.
Fuse remains committed to providing a space for diverse voices from the cultural community. We bring to you critical arts discourse presenting work that ranges in issues from migrant and indigenous struggles, poverty, youth issues, gentrification, multiculturalism to creating sustainable cities and participatory models for democracy, as told through the lens of art. The voices in our pages provide an essential analysis of the intersections of art, culture and politics.
What can your donation do?
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This weekend marked the official opening of Anton Vidokle and Julieta Aranda’s Time/Bank Store on 41 Essex Street in New York. Many of us may recognize that address from the footer on the handful of emails sent out daily by e-flux through their mailing list, and in fact this is no coincidence. Anton Vidokle (b.1965) is a founding member of the international network e-flux: a website, e-list, and monthly journal for art professionals, that disseminates news about projects, exhibitions, literature and symposia to over 50, 000 subscribers free of charge. Julieta Aranda (b.1975) is a multimedia artist living between Berlin and New York; she has worked in collaboration with Anton Vidokle on a number of projects including e-flux Video Rental (2004) and Pawnshop (2007)  a temporary store set up for the trading of artworks. Time/Bank is their newest project.

Inspired by post-industrial revolution alternative economics the origins for which they trace to American anarchist Josiah Warren  Vidokle and Aranda’s newest project uses time as a unit of exchange rather than money. After signing up to become a member, you are able to earn Hour Notes the official currency of Time/Bank, in exchange for your time and skills. The hours earned can then be exchanged for services offered by other members; and as of Saturday (Nov. 6, 2010) also at the store on Essex Street, where goods such as books, art, electronics and even food can be purchased.

I have been a member since the project launched its website in September of this year, and have been surfing the listings frequently  of which there are ten categories, including communications, food, shelter, art, research, and education. The principle of Time/Bank is based on a zero sum economic model, which means that members start off with a balance of zero Hour Notes; with each service redeemed the applicable hours are debited from the account, similarly for each successful transaction from services offered the appropriate hours are credited to the account. Common listings include translation services, guided tours, assistance with business plans and strategies, and transportation between cities. I have still to make a successful transaction using Time/Bank since 1) There have been few services offered that were of interest or could apply to me, 2) I have yet to post a listing for a service that I am willing to offer, and 3) Those that I have been interested in and have contacted, unfortunately have not replied; but I won’t give up yet! After all, the project is still in its early stages, and the member’s list is fairly short close to 800 at this time.

While I have never participated in a network built on an alternative economic model, these exchanges take place unofficially anyway between the friends/artists/peers we have at home and abroad. For a cultural community such as the arts, our own backyards are no longer the limit in our search for opportunities and community belongingness. As Angelo Plessas said in an interview with Rhizome’s Stephanie Bailey, geography should not bother us anymore. This idea is very last century. Although Pleassas was speaking about his practice which is mostly web based, in essence his words can be applied much more broadly for persons and communities that primarily use the web to facilitate a hub or gathering place in the form of a website. While economic systems based on time banking have been around in some form or another since the early 19^th century, the concentration of efforts has been to provide parallel micro-economic systems for small, local communities. I am particularly interested to see how Time/Bank will use its online presence to help form an alternative global economic structure that ultimately bypasses both legal tender and geography as determinants of accessibility.

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THIS WEEK:

Atom Egoyen: Director’s talk at Toronto School of Art – November 10th at 6:30pm

Derek Liddington’s Coup de Grâce opens at Clark and Faria – Opening reception November 12th, 6:00-8:00pm.